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Personal info

Full name
NEWSOM, Edwin Russell
Date of birth
29 August 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35611371
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 September 1944
Place of death
Forêt de l’Avant - Garde
In the vicinity of Pompey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 28 53

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Newsom (father)
Mary A. (Mc Nichols) Newsom (mother)
Ermid A. Newsom (brother)
Mary V. Newsom (sister)
Ruth L. Newsom (sister)

More information

Pfc Edwin R. Newsom graduated from Penn Township High School and worked on the family farm before he enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 29 October 1942.
He is also remembered at the Pennsville Cemetery in Pennsville, Ohio.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andi / Kay